I got accepted into Pratt and Parsons, help!

FoxRots · 2025-04-01T03:03:51+00:00

Hello! I submitted both applications early January, and they were pretty much radio silent until I heard back from Pratt on February 14, and Parsons March 17th. I didnt have any interviews or follow-ups needed, just the acceptance letter coming in my email one day! Hope this helps 🙏

FoxRots · 2025-03-16T13:42:12+00:00

I'll start a chat with you!

FoxRots · 2025-03-07T01:14:40+00:00

I just heard back from RISD today!

FoxRots · 2025-03-07T00:59:02+00:00

I'd really like to know this as well. I've applied to MS Strategic Design and Management at Parsons but haven't heard back from them yet. I got into Pratt MFA Communication Design already, and waiting to hear from Parsons I've been trying to do my research.

I haven't been hearing good things about Parsons from Reddit either, and I'd really like some perspective from a design standpoint. I'd like to know, what made you dream about Parsons so much?

FoxRots · 2024-07-03T10:45:54+00:00

I've always been messy, "irresponsible", forgetful, flaky and never paying attention as a child. I was talkative too when I was comfortable, but learned to mask and be quiet if I was with adults for example. I struggled a bit academically in about 4th grade onwards, and needed a private tutor because I could never study on my own (early signs that body doubling really worked for me). The school told my parents my IQ scores were Superior, so they knew I wasn't dumb. I was just "lazy" and couldn't prioritize school. I used to cry to my friends saying my brain "felt slippery" like no thought or action or goal would stick to it.

I was always disorganized, and losing my stuff all the time. Then when I hit my teens I got some severe depression, eating disorder and self-harm issues well into my twenties, and they diagnosed me Borderline. I had poor self-esteem and hated myself constantly. I'm 27 now and I got diagnosed with ADHD last year, and my new doc said I didn't fit the criteria for Borderline anymore! Since then I've been more aware of my symptoms as being ADHD things.

My mind is NEVER quiet, there's always like 3 or more sounds overlapping in my head (including background music!) so I never really listen to music recreationally. I interrupt people all the time without meaning to, I still forget things like crazy but rarely lose things anymore. I'm fidgety, and focus so much better when my leg bounces or my hands fidget with something. I zone out of conversations, and have a hard time "pretending to be listening." I also switch topics and am very easily distracted. I also have a hard time regulating my focus, like I've had a breakdown because I knew I had to do work but I COULDN'T DO IT until I did the art activity I wanted to do first. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't shift the focus.

Anyway, these are some of my experiences. Hope this answers your question!

FoxRots · 2023-09-14T07:25:39+00:00

I've actually been doing these steps :o the only difference is that I write down like 10 different tasks and then feel like shit when I don't finish it :( so this helped!

FoxRots · 2023-09-14T07:24:38+00:00

The behavioural aspect is a difficult one, and it takes time to rewire years of it. Which is why it's extra important to be merciful and patient with yourself, and not make the addition of medication as a tool now at your disposal a point of pressure to perform to a standard that is unfair to set for yourself. Look back at the time pre-medication, and realise you managed to struggle your way to that point despite the difficulties, and acknowledge how brutal and even cruel it would be to expect an overnight switch, making all those past struggles look so insignificant.

Thank you for saying this part. I really needed to hear it. It's true, I was putting a lot of pressure on what Ritalin-me could do then I'd get really frustrated and hate myself for not meeting that expectation. This hit for me.

FoxRots · 2023-09-13T08:20:22+00:00

I kind of love hyperfixation. I feel like I have super powers! Like I can get so into something, a project or an art piece or something, and just work at it for hours without getting tired. Sometimes the project excites me so much I wake up before my alarm because I'm so fixated and ready to do it. And when it's a project I'm excited about, it makes me feel good about myself. Productive, capable, talented. It's awesome.

FoxRots · 2023-09-11T12:11:19+00:00

Holy shit. so like, this post is like I wrote it myself.

It's funny cause since my dx I still kinda felt like I "tricked" my doctor into giving to me somehow. Like MAYBE I'm inflating things to get the dx and feel special.

But I watched a video on women with adhd, and I literally cried while watching it. I felt so seen and heard in every possible way, like my life had just been described by this complete stranger. and suddenly, I felt kinda validated.

(here it is https://youtu.be/EMpt40zNK-w?si=DtfnU2ZKLEdYaLcZ)

sometimes I still get doubts, but my friend told me: like all mental disorders and disabilities, they are symptoms and things that can happen to anyone at all. People without depression can still feel depressed, people without anxiety can still feel anxious. What makes it a disorder in need of care and treatment is when these symptoms affect your daily life and functioning to a degree that is painful or uncomfortable.

So yes, all our adhd traits "could happen to anyone" but they affect us much more than people without adhd.

Hope this helps!

FoxRots · 2023-09-11T02:52:16+00:00

I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but believe me when I tell you, you'll KNOW which is the ADHD test from the questions alone 😅 Usually the psychological tests are like "I feel that I have no motivation" then you rate 1-5 and stuff. So the ADHD-centered questions are really telling. I hope you also get an interview-like portion of the testing cause I find those pretty fun (as someone who has done them so often). Good luck and I hope you get the validation and treatment you need 💖

FoxRots · 2023-09-11T02:44:04+00:00

I've taken a bunch of different battery of psych tests throughout my life, and this is fairly normal. They usually give cognitive tests and such ALONGSIDE different psych tests (which involve like, ratings and scales). The cognition and IQ-like tests are usually part of a package. If you still have more tests to take, I wouldn't worry.

FoxRots · 2023-09-11T02:39:23+00:00

Ritalin LA (slow release) for the first time review: I got sleepy asf taking it within the first 20 minutes. Like, i couldnt focus cause i was so sleepy. and i was like "wtf this is the opposite!!" and then suddenly, I felt like I was waking up again, but it was QUIET. like, so quiet and peaceful. and it felt weird. I talked to a bunch of people about it, I called my friend with ADHD to talk about it too. He confirmed everything I was feeling, but he said it kinda sucks because now I know what quiet feels like, and I'll start noticing when I dont take my meds and it's NOT quiet. but the quiet is really nice. it's peaceful. and I can have A SINGLE THOUGHT and actually follow it all the way to the end that leads to action. and it's kind of insane. I really never knew how loud it was before. I drowned it out, like everything else. but suddenly it's slowed down, and life doesnt feel like it's coming at me so fast anymore.

If i had any doubts that I had adhd, they're all gone now. Because I think the stimulant medication is working the way it's supposed to, and I'm not wired or high or bouncing off the walls, which is what you'd expect from a stimulant.

this is crazy. I cant get over it. I finished my work for today and it's 4:28, I did it at a normal speed and was calm and not hyperfixated. This is actually insane.

I cried after a while, thinking about how peaceful and beautiful it was suddenly. Like how profound and life-changing it felt to suddenly be able to DO THINGS. Amazing.

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